| Painter took nature's scenic route and returned to his Jersey roots
Before he became an international art icon who changed the American cultural landscape by painting its natural landscape, Asher B. Durand was a boy who explored nature in the fields and woods around his family farm on Orange Mountain, in a place called Jefferson Village, now known as Maplewood. He loved the place so much, he came back to live out his years, and built an estate-size home on the exact site he was born, and died there in 1886 at age 90. This was after a life as a world-renowned engraver and painter, a stanchion of the New York artistic and intellectual community and the acknowledged leading figure in the first uniquely American art movement. So while Asher B. Durand was a New Yorker by reputation, he was a Jerseyan, beginning to end.
New Gardening Products
Each year, in an effort to inform the gardening public about the newest, coolest or most practical gardening items, we at The Joe Gardener Company scour the country, seeking out what we call "the coolest garden gear and gadgets for the new year." Utilizing testers of all levels, from professional horticulturalists to beginning gardeners, those that make it into the top 10 are called "The Best of the Must-haves. For 2007, these products ranged from brand-new high-tech devices to a long-standing, tried-and-true household staple with new applications for the garden. .
Add crape myrtles to your landscaping
Georgia, too, has this beauty we now see. Only they are one up on us! Having lived there for numerous years, I can attest to the wonder of color they have, in spring, which leads directly into their summer. And they have this beautiful color all summer long, just like we have now. It’s simple: crape myrtles. They bloom profusely in the exact range of colors you see all over Fayetteville this spring season. White, pink, fuchsia, light red and lavender! They are meant to be a small tree; however, with trimming, you can control them into a bush form, if you prefer. Once established, after watering the first year, they are drought-tolerant. The more water, the more blooms, however. They grow in any soil, sandy or otherwise, just like azaleas.
Art, Featuring the PEEPS(R) Brand, is Sweetening the Landscape ...
BETHLEHEM, Pa., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Just Born, Inc., maker of PEEPS(R) Brand Marshmallow Candies, is experiencing a new trend this spring for its iconic PEEPS(R) brand. The Bethlehem, PA based company has learned of over a dozen PEEPS(R) Diorama and art contests being hosted by major regional newspapers across the country. Kathy Bassininski, Just Born Brand Director, commented, "While fans across the country have always expressed their creativity with PEEPS(R), the effort has become much more formalized this year. The outpouring of PEEPS(R) art encouraged by this year's newspaper-hosted art contests, is amazing. From the Northwest reaches of Washington State to California, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Texas and Florida, we keep learning of more." The following are some newspaper sites hosting contests: http://www.washingtonpost.com/; http://www.recordonline.com/; http://www.star-telegram.com/; http://www.seattletimes.com/; http://www.miamiherald.com/; http://www.courierpostonline.com/; http://www.ydr.com/; http://www.cctimes.com/; http://www.pressconnects.com/; http://www.mysanantonio.com/ and http://www.syracuse.com/.
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